[Python-modules-team] Bug#451887: ipython: installs 531MB after unpacking

[Marcela Tiznado]

Subject: ipython: installs 531MB on dependencies packages
Package: ipython
Severity: wishlist

Inside a clean pbuidler I do...

hal9k:/# apt-get install ipython
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
  texlive-base-bin-doc texlive-fonts-extra-doc texlive-pictures-doc
doc-base texlive-pstricks-doc lmodern scrollkeeper docbook-xml
texlive-common texlive-latex-extra-doc
  libxslt1.1 gs texlive-humanities-doc ghostscript-x xml-core
preview-latex-style libpaper-utils xpdf-utils
texlive-latex-recommended-doc texlive-latex-base-doc libkpathsea4
  texlive-publishers-doc libt1-5 xpdf-reader libxml2 lesstif2 sgml-base
libgs8 psfontmgr texlive-fonts-recommended-doc libcupsimage2 ghostscript
xpdf sgml-data perl-tk libxp6
  texlive-doc-base libscrollkeeper0 tex-common texpower-manual libpaper1
xpdf-common
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  atlas3-base blt debconf-utils defoma doc-base docbook-xml file
fontconfig fontconfig-config gcc-3.4-base ghostscript ghostscript-x gs
gsfonts gsfonts-x11 hicolor-icon-theme
  lapack3 lesstif2 libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data libcairo2 libcupsimage2
libcupsys2 libdatrie0 libdmx1 libdrm2 libexpat1 libffi4 libfontconfig1
libfontenc1 libfreetype6 libfs6
  libft-perl libg2c0 libgd2-xpm libgl1-mesa-glx libglib2.0-0
libglib2.0-data libgs8 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common
libice6 libjpeg62 libkeyutils1 libkpathsea4
  libkrb53 libmagic1 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libpaper-utils
libpaper1 libpcre3 libpng12-0 libscrollkeeper0 libsm6 libsqlite3-0
libt1-5 libthai-data libthai0 libtiff4
  libttf2 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxaw7 libxcomposite1
libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxfont1 libxft2
libxi6 libxinerama1 libxml2 libxmu6
  libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxslt1.1 libxt6
libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86vm1 lmodern mime-support
perl-tk preview-latex-style
  psfontmgr python python-central python-dateutil python-dev python-gd
python-gobject python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-data python-minimal
python-numeric
  python-numeric-ext python-pexpect python-support python-tk python-tz
python2.4 python2.4-dev python2.4-minimal python2.5 python2.5-minimal
scrollkeeper sgml-base sgml-data
  tcl8.4 tex-common texlive-base-bin-doc texlive-common texlive-doc-base
texlive-fonts-extra-doc texlive-fonts-recommended-doc
texlive-humanities-doc texlive-latex-base-doc
  texlive-latex-extra-doc texlive-latex-recommended-doc
texlive-pictures-doc texlive-pstricks-doc texlive-publishers-doc
texpower-manual tk8.4 ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core
  ttf-dejavu-extra ucf x-ttcidfont-conf x11-common x11-session-utils
x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xserver-utils xbitmaps xfonts-encodings
xfonts-utils xml-core xpdf
  xpdf-common xpdf-reader xpdf-utils xterm xutils xutils-dev
Suggested packages:
  atlas3-3dnow atlas3-sse atlas3-sse2 refblas3 blt-demo defoma-doc
dfontmgr dhelp dwww doc-central yelp khelpcenter docbook docbook-dsssl
docbook-xsl docbook-defguide hpijs
  python-profiler cupsys-common libfreetype6-dev libgd-tools krb5-doc
krb5-user ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-thryomanes ttf-baekmuk
ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp
  ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-gkai00mp ttf-arphic-bkai00mp
freetype1-tools python-doc ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-freefont
python-matplotlib-doc texlive-extra-utils
  texlive-latex-extra python-numeric-tutorial python-numeric-dbg tix
python2.4-doc python2.5-doc sgml-base-doc perlsgml doc-html-w3 opensp
libxml2-utils tclreadline debhelper
  mesa-utils www-browser pdftk xfonts-cyrillic
Recommended packages:
  dvipng texpower
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  atlas3-base blt debconf-utils defoma doc-base docbook-xml file
fontconfig fontconfig-config gcc-3.4-base ghostscript ghostscript-x gs
gsfonts gsfonts-x11 hicolor-icon-theme
  ipython lapack3 lesstif2 libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data libcairo2
libcupsimage2 libcupsys2 libdatrie0 libdmx1 libdrm2 libexpat1 libffi4
libfontconfig1 libfontenc1 libfreetype6
  libfs6 libft-perl libg2c0 libgd2-xpm libgl1-mesa-glx libglib2.0-0
libglib2.0-data libgs8 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common
libice6 libjpeg62 libkeyutils1
  libkpathsea4 libkrb53 libmagic1 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common
libpaper-utils libpaper1 libpcre3 libpng12-0 libscrollkeeper0 libsm6
libsqlite3-0 libt1-5 libthai-data
  libthai0 libtiff4 libttf2 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxaw7
libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxfixes3
libxfont1 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1
  libxml2 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1
libxslt1.1 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86vm1
lmodern mime-support perl-tk
  preview-latex-style psfontmgr python python-central python-dateutil
python-dev python-gd python-gobject python-matplotlib
python-matplotlib-data python-minimal
  python-numeric python-numeric-ext python-pexpect python-support
python-tk python-tz python2.4 python2.4-dev python2.4-minimal python2.5
python2.5-minimal scrollkeeper
  sgml-base sgml-data tcl8.4 tex-common texlive-base-bin-doc
texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-fonts-extra-doc
texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-humanities-doc
  texlive-latex-base-doc texlive-latex-extra-doc
texlive-latex-recommended-doc texlive-pictures-doc texlive-pstricks-doc
texlive-publishers-doc texpower-manual tk8.4
  ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra ucf x-ttcidfont-conf
x11-common x11-session-utils x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xserver-utils
xbitmaps xfonts-encodings
  xfonts-utils xml-core xpdf xpdf-common xpdf-reader xpdf-utils xterm
xutils xutils-dev
0 upgraded, 156 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 261MB/283MB of archives.
After unpacking 531MB of additional disk space will be used.

Quite a lot :(

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bas